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how to keep the left wrist bowed in the golf swing

by Camron Kihn Published 3 years ago Updated 2 years ago
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To bow your left wrist in the golf swing, when you start your downswing you should feel as though you twist the grip of the club away from you. This will move your left wrist into the bowed position. Try maintaining that angle right the way through impact, focusing on keeping the clubface square and shaft leaned forward in front of the ball at the moment of contact.

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Do you have a bowed left wrist in the golf swing?

Take the information provided above about the bowed left wrist in the golf swing and think about how it relates to what you currently do with the club. Only when you are convinced that this would be a beneficial direction for you to move in should you start trying it out for yourself.

How to keep your wrist flat when hitting a golf ball?

I am sure you try and try to keep your hands ahead, compress the golf ball, and keep the wrist locked, but it just doesn't work. In this video, I go over the counter-intuitive way to keep your wrist flat through the hitting zone. You actually want to let it bend just after contact.

Is the bowed left wrist the best direction to hit a ball?

Only when you are convinced that this would be a beneficial direction for you to move in should you start trying it out for yourself. Should you successfully find the bowed left wrist position, however, you could be rewarded with some of the best ball striking of your life.

How can I train my bowed wrists to hold impact?

So, what’s the best way to train yourself to maintain your bowed wrists through impact? First and foremost, you should start slow. Hit some balls in slow-motion while holding that wrist bend through impact and get a feel for what the proper impact position feels like.

What is the most important part of a golf swing?

What hand do you focus on hitting a ball?

What does the back of your hand represent?

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Drills to Flatten Your Left Wrist in Golf • Top Speed Golf

Video Transcription: Now we all have heard how the pros have a perfectly flat wrist coming through contact that helps you to compress the golf ball, it helps you to get your forward shaft lean, and helps you to really start hitting some solid iron shots.

Flat left wrist in golf: a simple guide - HackMotion

You have most likely seen dozens of drills of how to get a flat left wrist in the golf swing. But is it that simple and should you always have a flat left wrist throughout the swing? The key is to properly direct the face of your club and the way your wrists are moving.

What is the most important part of a golf swing?

The most important part of the golf swing is the moment of impact, obviously. And though there are a lot of different swings that can produce solid impact, it's undeniable that there's only one kind of impact that can produce a particular kind of ball flight.

What hand do you focus on hitting a ball?

Practice hitting balls focusing just on your left hand -- not on your backswing, weight shift or anything else -- and you'll start to feel the connection between your hand's position and the trajectory and direction of your shots.

What does the back of your hand represent?

The important thing to remember is that with a neutral grip, the back of your left hand represents the clubface. If the back of your hand is facing the target at impact, that's where the ball will go. Good players not only have the back of the left hand aimed at the target, they also keep the wrist flat, like it is in the picture above.

Why do golfers have a flat wrist?

Now we all have heard how the pros have a perfectly flat wrist coming through contact that helps you to compress the golf ball, it helps you to get your forward shaft lean, and helps you to really start hitting some solid iron shots.

What is it called when you bend your left wrist back?

If you take your left wrist and you bend it back towards your body, or your palm of your hands toward your body, that’s what’s called wrist flexion. If I do it the other way, that’s called wrist extension. In the golf swing the wrist is doing this. It’s actually going, it’s letting loose.

Does a golfer let his wrists release?

If he was trying to hold on that entire time, he would have casted, flipped through impact, and then it would be way too late. Since he doesn’t mind if those wrists release, he’s going to let that release in front of the golf ball, the wrist is flat coming through contact.

Where is the bow on a golf club?

If you’re doing it correctly, by the time your left arm gets parallel to the ground you’ll have the “bow” in the left wrist. Make sure you get the club “pitching up” on a nice angle, so the butt of the shaft is pointing approximately at the golf ball.

What is a cupped left wrist?

A cupped left wrist at the top of the swing is a death move for some of the best in the world, but it can spell BIG TROUBLE for so many amateurs who struggle to get the club planed successfully on the downswing. In this drill, you’ll discover how to fix that cupped left wrist at the top of your swing.

How to stop a tee from falling out?

A simple way to stop cupping is to point both thumbs at the sky at the top of the backswing (see image below). If you point your thumbs at the target, you’ll almost certainly be cupped.

What is the most important part of a golf swing?

The most important part of the golf swing is the moment of impact, obviously. And though there are a lot of different swings that can produce solid impact, it's undeniable that there's only one kind of impact that can produce a particular kind of ball flight.

What hand do you focus on hitting a ball?

Practice hitting balls focusing just on your left hand -- not on your backswing, weight shift or anything else -- and you'll start to feel the connection between your hand's position and the trajectory and direction of your shots.

What does the back of your hand represent?

The important thing to remember is that with a neutral grip, the back of your left hand represents the clubface. If the back of your hand is facing the target at impact, that's where the ball will go. Good players not only have the back of the left hand aimed at the target, they also keep the wrist flat, like it is in the picture above.

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